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The England manager considered calling up reinforcements from the U21s, but opted against it to avoid disrupting Aidy Boothroyd's preparations for a key game against Germany, despite potentially only having 17 outfield players available.

Southgate's options have been drastically reduced by injury with Luke Shaw, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Marcus Rashford, Trent Alexander-Arnold John Stones and Fabian Delph all withdrawing from the squad.